She wasn’t blaming Hector for getting murdered. She was blaming him for leaving in the first place. She said “you left me alone with a child to raise” You have to keep in mind that especially in that time period when she was alive women stayed home to raise the kids. When Hector left she needed to find a way to make money and taught herself to make shoes.
Exactly! Thank you! This was a time in Mexico when women weren't allowed to work outside their home so the likelihood of them STARVING TO DEATH because he left, was actually quite high. The miracle is that they managed. He should have never left in the first place. He got homesick and what if he came back to both of them dead? The fact that he got murdered because of his dumb decision is just his bad luck🤷🏻♀️
Exactly. And even without the historical context, leaving your wife and kid is ROUGH. Being a single mom is hard, and so is growing up without a father. Yeah, he tried to go home because he got homesick, but it seems to me like that wasn't originally the plan. He left his family to chase his dream. Yes, he regretted it and tried to make it right, but both intentions and effects matter when it comes to the choices you make. Do I think what Hector did was unforgivable? No. But I DO think that Imelda is totally valid in her anger and not wanting to forgive him right away. And frankly, it was still pretty big of her to still agree to help him even tho she's angry.
@kateiannacone2698 The more you love someone, the more what they do hurts you. Imelda was badly hurt and heartbroken. Anger and resentment were just an extension of that. But because she loved him so much, she eventually forgave him.
The Mexican belief of the "3 deaths" is represented beautifully here. The first death is the death of the body. The second death is when the body is no longer visible (burial, cremation, etc). The third death is when there is no one living left that remembers you.
this makes so much sense in the grieving process, to me. first you go through them literally dying, then you have to process that they are gone from this world forever now and you'll never see them again, then you realize someday no one will remember them and as long as you're alive, you're keeping them alive. at least, I went through all these stages when I lost my brother
@@mischr13 Same when I lost my Mother. I was there for her last breath. Our hutch in the living room has only pictures of family members who have crossed the Veil, so we see and remember them throughout the year. That area becomes a Day of the Dead altar in October.
En la leyenda mexicana, la culminación de todo, después de que te hayan olvidado tus seres terrenales, se dice que nos volvemos polvo y uno mismo con el universo, con el cosmos, con los dioses; es por eso que cuando es la muerte final de "chicharrón" después de que le cantara Héctor, se vuelve polvo cósmico.
Exactly, my grandmother had dementia and she recognised the voice of my mom or the song she used to sing to remember my grandpa who died many years ago.
I also used to play a song on the piano for my grandma, who had dementia. She would light up every time and sing the lyrics, that became the way I kept a personal relationship with her even after she couldn't recognize me anymore. She had always been so glad that I played music, since her parents hadn't allowed her to take lessons (because the only teacher available in the village where she grew up was a man, and it was seen as inconvenient). It was so special to have a way to connect with her until she passed.
one instance that comes to mind is the video of tony bennett (who struggles with dementia) and lady gaga, where she asks him to perform fly me to the moon and he begins to sing it immediately. her emotion in that video always gets me
During the end credits there is a montage with pictures of deceased relatives and friends of the people who worked on the production, like an “offrenda”. It’s pretty touching.
I love how clearly one can see in the end that Coco is Imelda's daughter. Imelda is such a headstrong person, but Coco was just as stubborn - if not MORE - by holding onto her father's memory, love, and only family picture for her _entire life_ in which everyone told her how awful he was. Miguel was probably the first person since the day Hector died when she was around 5 years old who told her that her father indeed loved her. Before that, she held onto that loving memory with such an iron grip for literally almost 100 years and never ever let anyone tell her otherwise. She even kept his piece of the picture hidden for all these decades, so no one could take it away from her and she's be able to honor his memory in her own secret way. I cry every time, I love this movie with all my heart
24:21 - also the fact that Hector himself never knew that his death wasn’t accidental. As for Imelda, the issue from her point of view is that he still made that initial decision to walk out the door, in the first place. Yes, he changed his mind and was coming back, yes he was murdered, but that cannot immediately erase decades of pain and abandonment, struggling to raise a child and run a family business alone.
Yeah, it would probably sound like a sick joke if Hector tried to explain himself by going to Imelda and saying, 'I swear I wanted to come home but I, uh, I died suddenly and unexpectedly by food poisoning.'
I think the age difference at the end may be because of the age they died at. Coco got very old, Hector died relatively young. I'm not sure about Imelda, but she could have died at a younger age than Coco, too...
I think that another possible situation to explain or solve this is that people see themselves as others remember them, to tell you that Miguel would see her like this as an old lady, and Hector (his father) as a child, Himelda (his mother) would see her as adult and so
@@nicolasolguin5367 no, that doesn’t sound right. Cause coco being old isn’t the only photo on the ofrenda. There’s one of her as a toddler too. And Imelda looks older than the picture on the ofrenda. No white steak. Looking like the age they died is the only logical conclusion. Imelda likely like in her late 40’s, early 50’s.
@@SusanaCanales1 No, he (or she) actually is right. They remain the age they are remembered in the land of the living. The proof is the famous people that appear in the movie, like María Félix, remaining a young age of her famous movies and not the old age she actually died. Imelda seemed older than Héctor because of Coco, she as the older person who knew both in life, remembered her dad the age he left, and her mom the age she could have passed.
@@Kwondhe is this actually canon or do YOU believe they’re right? If it’s canon, I’ll concede, of course, but if not, I’ll naturally disagree. And honestly, considering that’s only a cameo and they’re not main characters, I think it makes perfect sense they’re not shown as they died. They’re cameos. No one would immediately recognize them or recognize them at all if they showed them as an old person and not at their peak of fame. I know I wouldn’t have realized Frida was Frida if she were shown as an old woman since I’m not really familiar with her. What about the little girl who was crossing the bridge with her mother? Let’s say she’s visiting her father but she died at 45 and the mother at 60? Why would the father remember them as a little girl and a young woman and not as they died? There’s no proof that coco is the defining factor of how Hector looked or Imelda. After all, Imelda is remembered and shown as a younger woman by the rest of her family. What if hundreds of thousands of people remembered De La Cruz as a younger man but he’s only shown as he died? Why would the older version of him take priority? People remember others differently and can do so at different ages. lol personally, that’s why I think there are too many conflicting factors for being remembered as the people in the living want to remember them for it to be true. Them looking the age they died seems more logical, straightforward, and less unnecessarily complicated.
I didn’t cry the first time around. Though that doesn’t mean I didn’t feel emotional whenever I watch this movie ;v; (not sure if I would cry now. Probably would though 😅)
I think the idea that the dead are forgotten after a generation is common, and while morbid, is most often what happens in real life in the Western world. In the Western world, cemeteries are painful, mournful, and morbid places most would rather avoid. In most of the West, the dead in the cemeteries may only be visited occasionally for a generation, after which they are rarely visited ever again. The idea of remembering and celebrating the dead in the cemeteries with their pictures, their favorite foods, and music is the traditional Mexican view of death. In Mexican culture, death is not as frightening and morbid a thing. It is a part of life. It is made fun of. It is mocked. It is also respected. It is not a taboo subject. Being afraid of death is how the dead are forgotten and how they truly die. Embracing death and celebrating the lives of the dead, in the cemeteries as well as at home, is how the dead are remembered with joy and remain an integral part of the family.
Actually, it's the Mexican belief of the "3 deaths." The first death is the death of the body. The second death is when the body is no longer visible (burial, cremation, etc). The third death is when there is no one left that remembers you, and can tell your story.
I think there isn't a "standard" concept of death in "the west" as you put it (although Mexico is a nation in the western hemisphere, so that terminology makes no sense to me here 🤔🤷). Some people visit their departed loved ones in cemetery often because that is how they feel that connection with them, whereas for me (and most of my family are dead, for context,) I don't see the need in going to the cemetery, because in my mind, that's only where their physical bodies are, not their spirits. If I want to talk to my mom, for example, I just talk to her, knowing she can hear me. But to be honest, I don't do that very often because it just makes me miss her a lot more 🤷
25:09 It took me a few rewatches and some thinking about this point because it always sounded weird that she would still blame him even after finding out he had been killed, but hear me out. From the previous Imelda scene with Miguel, we discover that Imelda and Hector used to perform together, that is... until Coco was born. At that point, Imelda was forced to stay home to take care of her and had to give up her passion for music. On the other hand, Hector left on tour with Ernesto. See how Hector tells it to Ernesto in the big reveal scene? "We had been on the road for months. I got homesick." So she's referring to him leaving in the first place and leaving her with a child to raise on her own (even if the plan was for him to return... it still meant that she would be alone for a very long time). The fact that he got murdered and never even got to come back home just sealed the great tragedy and cemented her belief that he had just chosen the "good life".
Yeah true. Regardless of the death, what he did was still wrong, but didn’t deserve rejection for eternity hey. I thought maybe it was because of lifetimes of holding onto an idea that made it difficult to forgive him, since you see her quickly forgive him as shown through her actions later on.
@@thecocoacouch Yeah, that makes sense! I think once she finds out why he never came home, that deeply seated hatred inside her evaporated. Yes, she was mad (for him leaving on tour), but that's a forgivable mad and not an eternity grudge. Also... I think deep down she misses him, and once the reason for hating him goes away, she allows herself to get close again. With some help from Miguel. I love it because it's very raw and real, with emotions that are messy and not perfect, just like humans are.
Another factor that I don't see mentioned much: this would have been in the early 1900s, in rural, very VERY Catholic Mexico. How do you think things would have been for a lone woman with a child whose husband just disappeared while said child was a toddler, and could not be confirmed alive or dead, thus not allowing her to remarry if she wished. The movie glossed over it, but things would have been awful for Imelda, and the fact that she was able to quickly learn a trade to support herself and her daughter in a time when things would have been so heavily stacked against her, and have it grow into a thriving family business, speaks highly of how strong a woman she was. I can understand why she was still ticked off at Hector leaving her alone with a child to raise.
31:37 it actually was established at the beginning of the movie that the dead can take things from the land of the living on dia de los muertos, but it's a super quick shot of families taking their gifts so it's probably easy to miss
In this movie I think Coco lived for so long because she couldn't die withput knowing what happened to her dad and if he still loved her😢😢and right after knowing it she died and left in peace😢😢
true. that is something that seems to happen quite often. when my grandma was dying all her children (and us grandchildren) went to be by her side, except my uncle who had a stroke and was in the hospital. it wasn't until a week later, he was able to call and talk to her. though she didn't seem lucid, they held the phone to her and he talked to her. she passed away soon after. I think she wanted him there, but since he couldn't be there she let go
@@mischr13something similar happened with my uncle who was dying of cancer… when he got really bad, all my relatives went to his house to say goodbye but my grandma was the last one to get there, I think he was calling for her when he was still lucid, she got there in time to talk to him, tell him to go in peace and that he loved him. He died less shortly after she talked to him
I love how the skull imagery is included in the background of the land of the dead - how the buildings make an outline and some lights make eyes. Also how the land of the dead had meso-american pyramids as the base since mictlan was the Aztec underworld and marigolds were associated with the goddess of mictlan.
I don't know how many people are aware that in this movie, the same actors did their part in English as well as in Spanish. Including Miguelito, the boy, who is I think so far the only child that has done that in Disney, additionally to also being the actor AND the SINGING voice, which is very rare.
When you mean did their part in English and Spanish, you mean within the same English version because in the Spanish dub version, only Hectors voice actor reprises the same role. The rest have different voice actors.
Man! I could not wait to watch this reaction! This is one of the few movies that has actually made me cry at the cinema. The fact that Pixar actually made a thorough research and portrayed all the cultural aspects so beautifully and so respectfully meant a lot to everyone in Mexico back when it came out. What's interesting is how some people were inspired to do some research on their long lost relatives, like people who migrated to the US and were never seen again, everyone would tell how they abandoned their families but thanks to the internet and records being available, people found death certificates and knew their relatives' fates were similar to Hector's. Thanks for reminding me of Coco! Excellent reaction as always!! Cheers!!
31:30 great reaction! I think that everyone in the afterlife looks the age they were when they died. So the children in the afterlife died as kids, and the elderly people died much later. I assume that the reason Hector and Imelda look so young is that they both died at a younger age while Coco lived to be an elderly woman.
Something I just thought about, when it’s revealed Hector is really his family, it happens in a cenote(missing an accent or 2) which were VERY important to the Maya, they saw them as entrances to the underworld, and were central to their religious and day-to-day lives. The Maya gave so much culture and identity to the Mexican and other peoples. The Mexica where a Mayan tribe/group and gave their name to the country. The connection to the religions of before is nice to see!
🎶 "Remember me, though I have to say goodbye / Remember me, don't let it make you cry" 🎶 Fun Fact: Southwest Airlines promoted Coco (2017) by having one of their Boeing airplanes decorated with artwork from the film. Location Location Fact: The look of the Land of the Dead is inspired by the Mexican city of Guanajuato, which has colorful houses placed on the hillsides in such a way that they look almost stacked. Music Enthusiast Fact: Miguel was originally only going to play guitar and not sing. When the director, Lee Unkrich, discovered Anthony Gonzalez was in fact a talented singer, it was decided Miguel would do both so Anthony could share this talent in the film. Mythology Fact: The orange flower seen throughout the film is the Aztec Marigold (known also as the Mexican Marigold or the Cempasúchil). The flower is used in the tradition of Dia de los Muertos in México to guide the deceased to the living. In México, the Xoloitzcuintli (the Mexican hairless dog depicted in the film) is the guide of the deceased through his/her way to the Mictlán (the underworld, the place where all the souls go after death).
I was happy to see this in a theater on a big screen, it's so packed with visual interest and color. It's a good poignant story, and I found it thoroughly entertaining.
I’m honestly shocked at the amount of people who think she was blaming Hector to dying. No, she’s blaming him for leaving to begin with. He still fucking left them.
I’ve watched this movie so many time by myself and on reactions and yet I cry EVERY TIME. All this love remembers me my own family and how lucky I am to have them. Thanks for the reaction!
18:30 yea. Most families, including mine, mostly would like their children have a "normal" 9 to 5 job. And wanting to pursue the arts and something that's risky is kinda hard
One of my favorite parts is when Imelda sings La Llorona, she looks at hector when she sings “no dejare de quererte”, which means “I’ll never stop loving you” (I think)
I love first time reaction videos especially on movies that I personally love. My first time watching CoCo I cried uncontrollably when Miguel was trying to help his Mama Coco remember, because it was just a few months earlier that my mother had died and then I started remembering my grandparents and even my great grandparents. It's so sad the idea of being forgotten. In this case Miguel can now remember his great great grandparents as well. It was a nice ending.
Dante is a Xoloitzcuintle, is a race from Mexico that doesn't have hair, the mexican belief is that they are the guides for the dead ones to cross to the Mictlan, wich is the land of the death, so it makes sense that he can cross I also do recommend watching the spanish version of the songs, specially the "llorona" one Excellent reaction:)
Movie reactors the first time the bell falls on Ernesto: "OMG that's awful!" Same movie reactors when the second bell falls on him: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! lol
First time the bell fell on Ernesto I screamed with laughter and inhaled a lot of soda, so I was simultaneously coughing while laughing. It was just so unexpected, dramatic, and dark (for Pixar at least) that it was absolutely hilarious. Second time it was more of a reasonable laugh and a "Eh! Nice callback."
Day of the Dead is one of those American holidays that has indigenous roots, European influences, and cultural identity values. It started in Mexico / Latin America going back 3,000 years to the Aztecs and other native American cultures, and was originally a month-long celebration of ancestors with offerings left on altars. When the Europeans arrived, the Catholics co-opted elements of the native religions, as they had in parts of Europe. The traditions became associated with the Christian All-Souls and All-Saints feast days Oct 31-Nov 1. By the twentieth century, the customs had spread to the US as a mostly religious holiday, with church services and graveyard visits. The current form, with home altars celebrating dead loved ones with photos and other offerings, developed in the 1970's with the folk and cultural revival movements.
I Watch this every year. It gets me everytime when we get to the end. I love how much of my culture is there on that screen and it was beautifully done. Thank you for reacting!!
It is actually a thing that music can even make people with dementia remember things. It activates a different part of the brain to when you normally remember something.
The scene where the father plays his little daughter the guitar cut my heart in two. My father's favorite thing to do was play his guitar and I would sing with him while he played it. He took his life at 38 years of age when I was 8 years old. I now own his guitar and am about to be the same age he was when he died. That scene broke me in theaters because it hit too close to home
This movie broke me when i first watched it. Especially since this is my culture knowing that family can be forgotten hurts my heart in a whole new way
The ages they appear in after life is the same ages they died in!! For example Coco died pretty old so she appears the same age as she died, her father died young and by that logic it seems to be mama imelda died pretty young too because she appears young in the after life, this actually is kinda sad because you see all those kids in the after life 😢
Coco reminded me so much of my great grandma. We loved her so much. She was my role model, and taught us the importance of family which I took to heart. I was bawling my eyes out when Miguel and Coco sang together. We continue to tell stories of her to this day.
So the thing I think you are missing is that Hector and Emelda would sing together, but then Coco was born and Hector still wanted to sing. The idea was, to Hector, that Hector would continue to sing and make it big and send money home to his family until they had enough to tour together again. But before Hector and Del La Cruz got their big break, Hector got cold feet because their first tour would send them worldwide. Also you seem to be missing the cultural aspect of Spanish family, even when women didn't have a lot of power in society, the dynamics change in the privacy in the house and also when they become the head elder of the family hierarchy. Family and is super important and so is tradition.
Grandma Coco came out like that in the other world because she died at that age, just like Hector and everyone who dies, appear in the other world at the age they died. Blessings and I really liked your reaction.
My two best friends and I are all of Mexican descent. We watched this film in theaters and by the end we were all ugly crying so hard we spent the time of the credits recomposing ourselves. This movie is so accurate in depicting our heritage from good such Dia de Los Muertos, the bad of the toxicity of family relationships, and everything in between like making you eat at dinner time lol.
My 17 year old said i would hate it because it "copies" the Lulica.. It was a perfect opportunity to teach him "collection" of cultures. There are so many cultures that share the same ideas and traditions, and it connects us all. Our Lulica is 6 generations and represents the idea that we must cherish our past ones souls to help them live a long afterlife. We are irish gypsy btw. AND I LOVED THIS MOVIE!
The moment when cruise is going to give him his blessing so he can go back if you notice the petal doesn’t glow like when his great gma did it.. You knew he wasn’t his family…
You mentioned that Coco was old and Imelda and Hector were younger, the age you die in the real world is the age you are when you enter the spirit world. So a few times you see younger children like on the bridge when the mother says don't stare. Makes you wonder what happened there.
i love hector lol, i cried when i thought he wasn't gonna make it at all. he's been through so much, the grandma pissed me off the whole movie till the end lol.
If you haven't see it yet, he more recently did a Schindler's List reaction-- I think that was the first movie on his channel that did a bit more than produce watery eyes.
i love that reactors always mention the appearance of the dead but fail to realize why they look the way they do. each person appears as how they are remembered. so Imelda and hector look younger than Coco because the people who remember them picture them that way when they remember them
I haven't seen this one myself but love music movies, it was fun to watch you react to it. Such a brilliant smile and infectious laugh. I haven't seen it in a long time, but August Rush I remember liking as well if you're looking for another guitar movie.
Something that always bothered me about Imelda is that she basically threatened to kill Miguel if he doesn’t follow her way. She doesn’t say this directly, but she says she will not give her blessing otherwise and the family follows her lead. Staying in the Land of the Dead until sunrise is… dying. I know she probably doesn’t really mean it and would’ve given in at the last minute if Miguel was stubborn enough but imagine laying that kind of ultimatum on a child who doesn’t REALLY know you and thinks you’re serious. “Take my conditions or stay here and die.” But that’s the point, right? Generational trauma makes you a toxic person (which Encanto also takes more of a focus on later). If I was Miguel, I’d run away too, less to do with my pride and more for the fact I’d feel like my literal life is in their hands and they do not have my best interests at heart. I am literally turning into a skeleton right in front of them and all they can think of is what THEY want. I read a really good oneshot fic about an alternate universe where Miguel does take the ultimatum but it warps his sense of family love and views it all as conditional, closing himself off to all family, alive and dead, being miserable and living with the constant anxiety that if he slips up even ONCE, he’ll end up back in the Land of the Dead for good. It’s really the only outcome I’d see happening if Miguel took that route; returning to the land of the living that way doesn’t mean you’re any less cursed. That’s why even if it’s understandable the way Imelda ended up the way that she did, I can’t help but feel a little cold toward her. But that’s what makes her interesting. I’m glad she came around at the end.
I've watched this movie several times, and it makes me cry each one. It's such a good film, though, and I love all the layers it has - I find something new each time I watch it.
I live in one of the towns that inspired this movie and I feel so proud to see people from other countries experiencing the tradition for the first time 🧡
I wont lie, the first time the bell fell on Ernesto I screamed with laughter and choked on my drink. It was just so unexpected and dramatic and a little dark (for Pixar at least) that it was hilarious
I just found your channel cause of this Coco Reaction and now I'm watching all your animation reaction! Subscribed! I love your explanations and reaction!
Interesting fact. The stagehand during the climax (not seen in this video) was Emilio Fuentes He was the original voice of Miguel during pre-production until puberty hit and his voice changed.
If you pay attention at the end, his... Sister? Cousin? ... is playing a violin while Miguel sings. Seems Miguel wasn't the only one in the family with musical talent.
I love this reaction and this movie, it just occurred to me that Emelda never seemed to try to find out what happened to Hector - cause I assume if she went looking for him she would have found out that he died. It's seems weird that she just assumed he abandoned her.
I could see the effect on him a little bit :) But, yeah... everyone's wired differently- I've actually been an intentional tearjerker-seeker ever since I felt the feel-good brain endorphins that can get released along with tears during my first watch of "Inside Out"... BUT for me, seeking out such an effect again is easier said that done... it's been frustrating, but despite the fact I personally ENJOY crying to movies, I go between 7 months to years between finding a REALLY good one. His reaction here reminds me of what I normally do in response to most emotional movies- it's like, "Oh, I think there's something there... oops, it evaporated." :P Not only is each person different, but I've discovered it also depends on the exact movie and sometimes even the exact combination of movie + life circumstances of viewer etc. For example: I typically don't react very much to many emotional movies, AND I had seen "The Land Before Time" as a child without reacting very much (from what I remember).. BUT: After re-watching THAT one 20 years LATER... that actually triggered the MOST intense cry of my entire LIFE. Another one that "got me" just as much was "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (but AFTER the movie was over). Interstellar also got me pretty good. Many others got me briefly teary-eyed but those three above were the most significant ones I can remember. OH- also "Into The Wild" REALLY got me... but that was before my tearjerker-seeking days.
Update: If you haven't seen it yet, he more recently did a Schindler's List reaction-- and I know this shouldn't be a surprise with that movie, but that one broke him significantly more than this one did. ...I think Schindler's List was the FIRST movie on his channel that didn't give his tears time to evaporate.
I really like watching your reactions it just makes my Day happy and your giggles are adorable I just subscribed to you 2 months ago iam such a big fan of your reactions! ❤
Loved this reaction! You come across as an intelligent and invested reactor which is a breath of fresh air in this youtube genre. Here are some lesser known animated but cult classic movies to consider watching: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron The Road to El Dorado The Emperor's New Groove Home on the Range Treasure Planet The Rescuers + The Rescuers Down Under Balto Bolt The Prince of Egypt Joseph: King of Dreams Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland Surf's Up
💀🌱 1) Hector never knew he was murdered, so he couldn't tell Imelda. 2) Plus they only had one day to come together but Hector could never crossed the Bridge of Remembrance. 3) You'd only know that Hector had died only if you'd die yourself. Even if Imelda knows about it in Land of the Dead, she still couldn't communicate it to the living.
Amazing reaction! :) If you'd like to see if another animated movie can throw you potentially even further all over the place emotionally, I would be very curious to see your reaction to "Inside Out" (if you haven't seen it), OR...even better... the ORIGINAL 1988 "The Land Before Time": Even if you've seen "The Land Before Time" already, that one might still be worth a re-watch and reaction, depending on how long it's been. That's because...to use myself as an example: I typically don't react very much to most emotional movies, AND I had seen "The Land Before Time" as a child.. BUT: After re-watching it 20 years LATER... that was actually the MOST emotionally-triggering movie of my entire LIFE.
I watched this a couple months ago, but if I were to watch it in present day I’d sob even more. I lost my grandad recently and I think the death of Miguel’s great grandmother would break me, because I now know how it feels.
I've seen this movie so many times and I'm just now catching when de la Cruz said "who? " after imelda said he murdered the love of her life. If he had only murdered Hector he'd have known immediately who she was talking about. The fact that he said "who?" tells me he murdered multiple people. That's crazy.
My dog is a hairless Mexican loke Dante, he's 8 and went blind in the winter of 2022, just after my other dog (a 10 year old chihuahua) passed from cancer.
I watched this film a few times and I loved it every time. I saw it both in English and in all Spanish. I think the Spanish version hit harder for me in emotions and delivery. Now you gotta watch Encanto. I wanna see what you think of that one. I saw that in English and Spanish too😆
I’m glad u enjoyed Coco Oscar! This is a wonderful movie and it always makes me a cry a bit whenever I watch it. I always cry at 23:26 and 29:48 gets me every time (🥺🤧). Exactly at 25:05 (😫) thank u!💀🎸🎶🎵🎼🇲🇽
When I first watch this movie, I was watching it while eating spicy noodles so when I got to the last part of the movie, I cried even harder. Both for the movie and the spicy noodles😅
I think Imelda blamed Héctor for leaving with Ernesto to begin with, not for dying. Because Héctor did still leave her. And then the checks from his performances stopped coming, and one day she saw Ernesto with ths guitar she gave Héctor. It's not unreasonable to assume Héctor sold out and ran away with another woman. Then she died and saw he was still in his early twenties, and she thought he died doing something stupid, which wouldn't have happened if he hadn't left.
This movie broke me. I came downstairs in tears. My wife asked what was wrong. I couldn't speak. A week later I watched it with her. It broke her too.
so true
Why?
This movie broke me too
I'm not surprised, this movie REALLY knows how to hit ya right in the feels. And god it's so good
That bit at the end when Hector takes a duplicate guitar and they play together with the family all together watching on never fails to make me cry!
She wasn’t blaming Hector for getting murdered. She was blaming him for leaving in the first place. She said “you left me alone with a child to raise”
You have to keep in mind that especially in that time period when she was alive women stayed home to raise the kids. When Hector left she needed to find a way to make money and taught herself to make shoes.
Exactly! Thank you! This was a time in Mexico when women weren't allowed to work outside their home so the likelihood of them STARVING TO DEATH because he left, was actually quite high. The miracle is that they managed. He should have never left in the first place. He got homesick and what if he came back to both of them dead? The fact that he got murdered because of his dumb decision is just his bad luck🤷🏻♀️
Exactly. And even without the historical context, leaving your wife and kid is ROUGH. Being a single mom is hard, and so is growing up without a father. Yeah, he tried to go home because he got homesick, but it seems to me like that wasn't originally the plan. He left his family to chase his dream. Yes, he regretted it and tried to make it right, but both intentions and effects matter when it comes to the choices you make. Do I think what Hector did was unforgivable? No. But I DO think that Imelda is totally valid in her anger and not wanting to forgive him right away. And frankly, it was still pretty big of her to still agree to help him even tho she's angry.
As a woman TODAY, can relate to above comments. Love the storytelling and realism of emotion.
@kateiannacone2698
The more you love someone, the more what they do hurts you.
Imelda was badly hurt and heartbroken. Anger and resentment were just an extension of that. But because she loved him so much, she eventually forgave him.
doesn't matter, it's still f'd up to blame someone over something they had no control over
The Mexican belief of the "3 deaths" is represented beautifully here. The first death is the death of the body. The second death is when the body is no longer visible (burial, cremation, etc). The third death is when there is no one living left that remembers you.
this makes so much sense in the grieving process, to me. first you go through them literally dying, then you have to process that they are gone from this world forever now and you'll never see them again, then you realize someday no one will remember them and as long as you're alive, you're keeping them alive. at least, I went through all these stages when I lost my brother
@@mischr13 Same when I lost my Mother. I was there for her last breath. Our hutch in the living room has only pictures of family members who have crossed the Veil, so we see and remember them throughout the year. That area becomes a Day of the Dead altar in October.
@@wiccantexan Rest In Peace, to your Mother 🙏 I'm Chicano and have been thinking about doing the same with pictures of my family who have gone ❤
such a beautiful myth
En la leyenda mexicana, la culminación de todo, después de que te hayan olvidado tus seres terrenales, se dice que nos volvemos polvo y uno mismo con el universo, con el cosmos, con los dioses; es por eso que cuando es la muerte final de "chicharrón" después de que le cantara Héctor, se vuelve polvo cósmico.
2:39 "Did he like the attention or the music?" KILLED ME with accuracy
There is a lot of research on people with dementia reacting more to music than to speaking. So this films final scene has real scientific ground.
Exactly, my grandmother had dementia and she recognised the voice of my mom or the song she used to sing to remember my grandpa who died many years ago.
I also used to play a song on the piano for my grandma, who had dementia. She would light up every time and sing the lyrics, that became the way I kept a personal relationship with her even after she couldn't recognize me anymore. She had always been so glad that I played music, since her parents hadn't allowed her to take lessons (because the only teacher available in the village where she grew up was a man, and it was seen as inconvenient). It was so special to have a way to connect with her until she passed.
one instance that comes to mind is the video of tony bennett (who struggles with dementia) and lady gaga, where she asks him to perform fly me to the moon and he begins to sing it immediately. her emotion in that video always gets me
During the end credits there is a montage with pictures of deceased relatives and friends of the people who worked on the production, like an “offrenda”. It’s pretty touching.
I love how clearly one can see in the end that Coco is Imelda's daughter. Imelda is such a headstrong person, but Coco was just as stubborn - if not MORE - by holding onto her father's memory, love, and only family picture for her _entire life_ in which everyone told her how awful he was. Miguel was probably the first person since the day Hector died when she was around 5 years old who told her that her father indeed loved her. Before that, she held onto that loving memory with such an iron grip for literally almost 100 years and never ever let anyone tell her otherwise. She even kept his piece of the picture hidden for all these decades, so no one could take it away from her and she's be able to honor his memory in her own secret way.
I cry every time, I love this movie with all my heart
24:21 - also the fact that Hector himself never knew that his death wasn’t accidental. As for Imelda, the issue from her point of view is that he still made that initial decision to walk out the door, in the first place. Yes, he changed his mind and was coming back, yes he was murdered, but that cannot immediately erase decades of pain and abandonment, struggling to raise a child and run a family business alone.
Yeah, it would probably sound like a sick joke if Hector tried to explain himself by going to Imelda and saying, 'I swear I wanted to come home but I, uh, I died suddenly and unexpectedly by food poisoning.'
I think the age difference at the end may be because of the age they died at. Coco got very old, Hector died relatively young. I'm not sure about Imelda, but she could have died at a younger age than Coco, too...
Yeah that makes sense. Imelda looked older than Hector too which makes sense.
I think that another possible situation to explain or solve this is that people see themselves as others remember them, to tell you that Miguel would see her like this as an old lady, and Hector (his father) as a child, Himelda (his mother) would see her as adult and so
@@nicolasolguin5367 no, that doesn’t sound right. Cause coco being old isn’t the only photo on the ofrenda. There’s one of her as a toddler too. And Imelda looks older than the picture on the ofrenda. No white steak. Looking like the age they died is the only logical conclusion. Imelda likely like in her late 40’s, early 50’s.
@@SusanaCanales1 No, he (or she) actually is right. They remain the age they are remembered in the land of the living. The proof is the famous people that appear in the movie, like María Félix, remaining a young age of her famous movies and not the old age she actually died.
Imelda seemed older than Héctor because of Coco, she as the older person who knew both in life, remembered her dad the age he left, and her mom the age she could have passed.
@@Kwondhe is this actually canon or do YOU believe they’re right? If it’s canon, I’ll concede, of course, but if not, I’ll naturally disagree.
And honestly, considering that’s only a cameo and they’re not main characters, I think it makes perfect sense they’re not shown as they died. They’re cameos. No one would immediately recognize them or recognize them at all if they showed them as an old person and not at their peak of fame. I know I wouldn’t have realized Frida was Frida if she were shown as an old woman since I’m not really familiar with her. What about the little girl who was crossing the bridge with her mother? Let’s say she’s visiting her father but she died at 45 and the mother at 60? Why would the father remember them as a little girl and a young woman and not as they died?
There’s no proof that coco is the defining factor of how Hector looked or Imelda. After all, Imelda is remembered and shown as a younger woman by the rest of her family. What if hundreds of thousands of people remembered De La Cruz as a younger man but he’s only shown as he died? Why would the older version of him take priority? People remember others differently and can do so at different ages.
lol personally, that’s why I think there are too many conflicting factors for being remembered as the people in the living want to remember them for it to be true. Them looking the age they died seems more logical, straightforward, and less unnecessarily complicated.
If you don’t cry with this movie you’re not human! Thank you for the reaction.
I didn’t cry because I was too busy enjoying the world building or mad at De La Cruz
@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072
Autism?
I didn’t cry the first time around. Though that doesn’t mean I didn’t feel emotional whenever I watch this movie ;v; (not sure if I would cry now. Probably would though 😅)
I didn't cry. I couldn't bring myself to finish it because i was so bored with this movie. Thats why I watched a reaction to it instead.
Of course Tom you can't even feel love @@tomriddle164
I think the idea that the dead are forgotten after a generation is common, and while morbid, is most often what happens in real life in the Western world. In the Western world, cemeteries are painful, mournful, and morbid places most would rather avoid. In most of the West, the dead in the cemeteries may only be visited occasionally for a generation, after which they are rarely visited ever again.
The idea of remembering and celebrating the dead in the cemeteries with their pictures, their favorite foods, and music is the traditional Mexican view of death. In Mexican culture, death is not as frightening and morbid a thing. It is a part of life. It is made fun of. It is mocked. It is also respected. It is not a taboo subject. Being afraid of death is how the dead are forgotten and how they truly die. Embracing death and celebrating the lives of the dead, in the cemeteries as well as at home, is how the dead are remembered with joy and remain an integral part of the family.
Yeah it’s a beautiful concept. I heard a quote about humans being a species with amnesia which is so true.
Actually, it's the Mexican belief of the "3 deaths." The first death is the death of the body. The second death is when the body is no longer visible (burial, cremation, etc). The third death is when there is no one left that remembers you, and can tell your story.
Death should be desigmatized, it is as natural and universal as birth.
Yeah we know that but in our hearts we can’t escape the fear of death
I think there isn't a "standard" concept of death in "the west" as you put it (although Mexico is a nation in the western hemisphere, so that terminology makes no sense to me here 🤔🤷).
Some people visit their departed loved ones in cemetery often because that is how they feel that connection with them, whereas for me (and most of my family are dead, for context,) I don't see the need in going to the cemetery, because in my mind, that's only where their physical bodies are, not their spirits. If I want to talk to my mom, for example, I just talk to her, knowing she can hear me. But to be honest, I don't do that very often because it just makes me miss her a lot more 🤷
25:09 It took me a few rewatches and some thinking about this point because it always sounded weird that she would still blame him even after finding out he had been killed, but hear me out.
From the previous Imelda scene with Miguel, we discover that Imelda and Hector used to perform together, that is... until Coco was born. At that point, Imelda was forced to stay home to take care of her and had to give up her passion for music. On the other hand, Hector left on tour with Ernesto.
See how Hector tells it to Ernesto in the big reveal scene? "We had been on the road for months. I got homesick."
So she's referring to him leaving in the first place and leaving her with a child to raise on her own (even if the plan was for him to return... it still meant that she would be alone for a very long time).
The fact that he got murdered and never even got to come back home just sealed the great tragedy and cemented her belief that he had just chosen the "good life".
Yeah true. Regardless of the death, what he did was still wrong, but didn’t deserve rejection for eternity hey. I thought maybe it was because of lifetimes of holding onto an idea that made it difficult to forgive him, since you see her quickly forgive him as shown through her actions later on.
@@thecocoacouch Yeah, that makes sense! I think once she finds out why he never came home, that deeply seated hatred inside her evaporated. Yes, she was mad (for him leaving on tour), but that's a forgivable mad and not an eternity grudge.
Also... I think deep down she misses him, and once the reason for hating him goes away, she allows herself to get close again. With some help from Miguel. I love it because it's very raw and real, with emotions that are messy and not perfect, just like humans are.
Another factor that I don't see mentioned much: this would have been in the early 1900s, in rural, very VERY Catholic Mexico. How do you think things would have been for a lone woman with a child whose husband just disappeared while said child was a toddler, and could not be confirmed alive or dead, thus not allowing her to remarry if she wished. The movie glossed over it, but things would have been awful for Imelda, and the fact that she was able to quickly learn a trade to support herself and her daughter in a time when things would have been so heavily stacked against her, and have it grow into a thriving family business, speaks highly of how strong a woman she was. I can understand why she was still ticked off at Hector leaving her alone with a child to raise.
@@silverdemonwolf426 What an excellent insight! Thank you!
They really did their homework on this film. My Mexican husband was very impressed!
31:37 it actually was established at the beginning of the movie that the dead can take things from the land of the living on dia de los muertos, but it's a super quick shot of families taking their gifts so it's probably easy to miss
In this movie I think Coco lived for so long because she couldn't die withput knowing what happened to her dad and if he still loved her😢😢and right after knowing it she died and left in peace😢😢
true. that is something that seems to happen quite often. when my grandma was dying all her children (and us grandchildren) went to be by her side, except my uncle who had a stroke and was in the hospital. it wasn't until a week later, he was able to call and talk to her. though she didn't seem lucid, they held the phone to her and he talked to her. she passed away soon after. I think she wanted him there, but since he couldn't be there she let go
@@mischr13something similar happened with my uncle who was dying of cancer… when he got really bad, all my relatives went to his house to say goodbye but my grandma was the last one to get there, I think he was calling for her when he was still lucid, she got there in time to talk to him, tell him to go in peace and that he loved him. He died less shortly after she talked to him
Seeing the city of the dead the first time in a movie theater was breathtaking...I welled up from the beauty of it.
That reminded me of how I did the same with the hand-drawn beauty of especially the beginning of "The Lion King" :D
I love how the skull imagery is included in the background of the land of the dead - how the buildings make an outline and some lights make eyes. Also how the land of the dead had meso-american pyramids as the base since mictlan was the Aztec underworld and marigolds were associated with the goddess of mictlan.
I don't know how many people are aware that in this movie, the same actors did their part in English as well as in Spanish. Including Miguelito, the boy, who is I think so far the only child that has done that in Disney, additionally to also being the actor AND the SINGING voice, which is very rare.
When you mean did their part in English and Spanish, you mean within the same English version because in the Spanish dub version, only Hectors voice actor reprises the same role. The rest have different voice actors.
Man! I could not wait to watch this reaction! This is one of the few movies that has actually made me cry at the cinema.
The fact that Pixar actually made a thorough research and portrayed all the cultural aspects so beautifully and so respectfully meant a lot to everyone in Mexico back when it came out.
What's interesting is how some people were inspired to do some research on their long lost relatives, like people who migrated to the US and were never seen again, everyone would tell how they abandoned their families but thanks to the internet and records being available, people found death certificates and knew their relatives' fates were similar to Hector's.
Thanks for reminding me of Coco! Excellent reaction as always!!
Cheers!!
31:30 great reaction! I think that everyone in the afterlife looks the age they were when they died. So the children in the afterlife died as kids, and the elderly people died much later. I assume that the reason Hector and Imelda look so young is that they both died at a younger age while Coco lived to be an elderly woman.
This is correct. Hector was only 21 (pobrecito Hector) and Imelda was in her late 60’s/early 70’s meanwhile Coco was nearly 100
Something I just thought about, when it’s revealed Hector is really his family, it happens in a cenote(missing an accent or 2) which were VERY important to the Maya, they saw them as entrances to the underworld, and were central to their religious and day-to-day lives. The Maya gave so much culture and identity to the Mexican and other peoples. The Mexica where a Mayan tribe/group and gave their name to the country. The connection to the religions of before is nice to see!
🎶 "Remember me, though I have to say goodbye / Remember me, don't let it make you cry" 🎶
Fun Fact: Southwest Airlines promoted Coco (2017) by having one of their Boeing airplanes decorated with artwork from the film.
Location Location Fact: The look of the Land of the Dead is inspired by the Mexican city of Guanajuato, which has colorful houses placed on the hillsides in such a way that they look almost stacked.
Music Enthusiast Fact: Miguel was originally only going to play guitar and not sing. When the director, Lee Unkrich, discovered Anthony Gonzalez was in fact a talented singer, it was decided Miguel would do both so Anthony could share this talent in the film.
Mythology Fact: The orange flower seen throughout the film is the Aztec Marigold (known also as the Mexican Marigold or the Cempasúchil). The flower is used in the tradition of Dia de los Muertos in México to guide the deceased to the living. In México, the Xoloitzcuintli (the Mexican hairless dog depicted in the film) is the guide of the deceased through his/her way to the Mictlán (the underworld, the place where all the souls go after death).
I was happy to see this in a theater on a big screen, it's so packed with visual interest and color. It's a good poignant story, and I found it thoroughly entertaining.
I just have to say I loved how honest you were with your reactions. You are a very adorable person.
I’m honestly shocked at the amount of people who think she was blaming Hector to dying. No, she’s blaming him for leaving to begin with. He still fucking left them.
My all time favorite Animated film. Having a Hispanic mom, this hits home. I love Mama Coco!!
I’ve watched this movie so many time by myself and on reactions and yet I cry EVERY TIME. All this love remembers me my own family and how lucky I am to have them. Thanks for the reaction!
Yeah I love that’s how it leaves you feeling. Grateful.
I love your attention to detail in all your reactions, you make it clear that you pay attention to and appreciate things, it's very nice.
18:30 yea. Most families, including mine, mostly would like their children have a "normal" 9 to 5 job. And wanting to pursue the arts and something that's risky is kinda hard
One of my favorite parts is when Imelda sings La Llorona, she looks at hector when she sings “no dejare de quererte”, which means “I’ll never stop loving you” (I think)
I love first time reaction videos especially on movies that I personally love. My first time watching CoCo I cried uncontrollably when Miguel was trying to help his Mama Coco remember, because it was just a few months earlier that my mother had died and then I started remembering my grandparents and even my great grandparents. It's so sad the idea of being forgotten. In this case Miguel can now remember his great great grandparents as well. It was a nice ending.
I see they're reacting to Coco, I click. Simple as that! I adore watching others fall in love with media I already love...
Dante is a Xoloitzcuintle, is a race from Mexico that doesn't have hair, the mexican belief is that they are the guides for the dead ones to cross to the Mictlan, wich is the land of the death, so it makes sense that he can cross
I also do recommend watching the spanish version of the songs, specially the "llorona" one
Excellent reaction:)
"I'm so happy it ended on a high note!"
Literally! Haha!
Movie reactors the first time the bell falls on Ernesto: "OMG that's awful!"
Same movie reactors when the second bell falls on him: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
lol
First time the bell fell on Ernesto I screamed with laughter and inhaled a lot of soda, so I was simultaneously coughing while laughing. It was just so unexpected, dramatic, and dark (for Pixar at least) that it was absolutely hilarious. Second time it was more of a reasonable laugh and a "Eh! Nice callback."
Day of the Dead is one of those American holidays that has indigenous roots, European influences, and cultural identity values. It started in Mexico / Latin America going back 3,000 years to the Aztecs and other native American cultures, and was originally a month-long celebration of ancestors with offerings left on altars. When the Europeans arrived, the Catholics co-opted elements of the native religions, as they had in parts of Europe. The traditions became associated with the Christian All-Souls and All-Saints feast days Oct 31-Nov 1. By the twentieth century, the customs had spread to the US as a mostly religious holiday, with church services and graveyard visits. The current form, with home altars celebrating dead loved ones with photos and other offerings, developed in the 1970's with the folk and cultural revival movements.
great comment 🤍
There’s no other Latin America country that celebrates Día de muertos it’s one of the traditions we still hold since the Mexicans (Aztecs)
I Watch this every year. It gets me everytime when we get to the end. I love how much of my culture is there on that screen and it was beautifully done. Thank you for reacting!!
as someone with a grandparent with dementia, we connected through singing songs. when mama coco started singing and remembered, i lost it.
It is actually a thing that music can even make people with dementia remember things. It activates a different part of the brain to when you normally remember something.
The scene where the father plays his little daughter the guitar cut my heart in two. My father's favorite thing to do was play his guitar and I would sing with him while he played it. He took his life at 38 years of age when I was 8 years old. I now own his guitar and am about to be the same age he was when he died. That scene broke me in theaters because it hit too close to home
This movie broke me when i first watched it. Especially since this is my culture knowing that family can be forgotten hurts my heart in a whole new way
You tearing up was quite tender and sweet, exactly like this film. 😊
And your chuckle, really cute. 😁
It is not physically possible to watch this movie and not cry.
The ages they appear in after life is the same ages they died in!! For example Coco died pretty old so she appears the same age as she died, her father died young and by that logic it seems to be mama imelda died pretty young too because she appears young in the after life, this actually is kinda sad because you see all those kids in the after life 😢
Coco reminded me so much of my great grandma. We loved her so much. She was my role model, and taught us the importance of family which I took to heart. I was bawling my eyes out when Miguel and Coco sang together. We continue to tell stories of her to this day.
So the thing I think you are missing is that Hector and Emelda would sing together, but then Coco was born and Hector still wanted to sing. The idea was, to Hector, that Hector would continue to sing and make it big and send money home to his family until they had enough to tour together again. But before Hector and Del La Cruz got their big break, Hector got cold feet because their first tour would send them worldwide.
Also you seem to be missing the cultural aspect of Spanish family, even when women didn't have a lot of power in society, the dynamics change in the privacy in the house and also when they become the head elder of the family hierarchy. Family and is super important and so is tradition.
Grandma Coco came out like that in the other world because she died at that age, just like Hector and everyone who dies, appear in the other world at the age they died. Blessings and I really liked your reaction.
A great movie about a wonderful Mexican tradition.
Big hi from México.
Hiii ☺️
This is such a good movie! I wish I had this on DVD 😊 great reaction
30:44 😢 Now l see why people retell stories. So beautiful. I almost ugly cried when Miguel sang with Mama Coco.
My two best friends and I are all of Mexican descent. We watched this film in theaters and by the end we were all ugly crying so hard we spent the time of the credits recomposing ourselves. This movie is so accurate in depicting our heritage from good such Dia de Los Muertos, the bad of the toxicity of family relationships, and everything in between like making you eat at dinner time lol.
My 17 year old said i would hate it because it "copies" the Lulica.. It was a perfect opportunity to teach him "collection" of cultures. There are so many cultures that share the same ideas and traditions, and it connects us all. Our Lulica is 6 generations and represents the idea that we must cherish our past ones souls to help them live a long afterlife. We are irish gypsy btw. AND I LOVED THIS MOVIE!
It was the detail in cocos hand that got me in the end. It looks so lifelike.
I love this film, and I'm so excited for your reaction video. Enjoy❣️
Thank you ☺️
The moment when cruise is going to give him his blessing so he can go back if you notice the petal doesn’t glow like when his great gma did it.. You knew he wasn’t his family…
You mentioned that Coco was old and Imelda and Hector were younger, the age you die in the real world is the age you are when you enter the spirit world. So a few times you see younger children like on the bridge when the mother says don't stare. Makes you wonder what happened there.
i love hector lol, i cried when i thought he wasn't gonna make it at all. he's been through so much, the grandma pissed me off the whole movie till the end lol.
Great reaction, I really like your channel. My favorite line in this movie is: “It’s my life - you already had yours!”
That was sweet. Your eyes watered a lot. That’s genuine
If you haven't see it yet, he more recently did a Schindler's List reaction-- I think that was the first movie on his channel that did a bit more than produce watery eyes.
i love that reactors always mention the appearance of the dead but fail to realize why they look the way they do. each person appears as how they are remembered. so Imelda and hector look younger than Coco because the people who remember them picture them that way when they remember them
I haven't seen this one myself but love music movies, it was fun to watch you react to it. Such a brilliant smile and infectious laugh.
I haven't seen it in a long time, but August Rush I remember liking as well if you're looking for another guitar movie.
Something that always bothered me about Imelda is that she basically threatened to kill Miguel if he doesn’t follow her way. She doesn’t say this directly, but she says she will not give her blessing otherwise and the family follows her lead. Staying in the Land of the Dead until sunrise is… dying. I know she probably doesn’t really mean it and would’ve given in at the last minute if Miguel was stubborn enough but imagine laying that kind of ultimatum on a child who doesn’t REALLY know you and thinks you’re serious.
“Take my conditions or stay here and die.” But that’s the point, right? Generational trauma makes you a toxic person (which Encanto also takes more of a focus on later). If I was Miguel, I’d run away too, less to do with my pride and more for the fact I’d feel like my literal life is in their hands and they do not have my best interests at heart. I am literally turning into a skeleton right in front of them and all they can think of is what THEY want.
I read a really good oneshot fic about an alternate universe where Miguel does take the ultimatum but it warps his sense of family love and views it all as conditional, closing himself off to all family, alive and dead, being miserable and living with the constant anxiety that if he slips up even ONCE, he’ll end up back in the Land of the Dead for good. It’s really the only outcome I’d see happening if Miguel took that route; returning to the land of the living that way doesn’t mean you’re any less cursed.
That’s why even if it’s understandable the way Imelda ended up the way that she did, I can’t help but feel a little cold toward her. But that’s what makes her interesting. I’m glad she came around at the end.
I've watched this movie several times, and it makes me cry each one. It's such a good film, though, and I love all the layers it has - I find something new each time I watch it.
I live in one of the towns that inspired this movie and I feel so proud to see people from other countries experiencing the tradition for the first time 🧡
I wont lie, the first time the bell fell on Ernesto I screamed with laughter and choked on my drink. It was just so unexpected and dramatic and a little dark (for Pixar at least) that it was hilarious
If you know anything about the artist Frida Carlo, you really appriciate how accurate they made her artistic vision in this movie!😊❤
I just found your channel cause of this Coco Reaction and now I'm watching all your animation reaction! Subscribed! I love your explanations and reaction!
no matter how many times i watched this masterpiece im always drowning in tears
Interesting fact. The stagehand during the climax (not seen in this video) was Emilio Fuentes He was the original voice of Miguel during pre-production until puberty hit and his voice changed.
I love that the orchestra during Imeldas song was like 'Idk whats going on but this songs a bob lets go with it'
If you pay attention at the end, his... Sister? Cousin? ... is playing a violin while Miguel sings. Seems Miguel wasn't the only one in the family with musical talent.
I love this reaction and this movie, it just occurred to me that Emelda never seemed to try to find out what happened to Hector - cause I assume if she went looking for him she would have found out that he died. It's seems weird that she just assumed he abandoned her.
i understand why imelda was still mad at hector after he tried to explain. Even though he tried to come back home he still initially left her.
25:00 I think she's blaming him for leaving in the first place. 😢
gosh darn it! crying again after watching coco with you!
Great reaction, but man you are tough! I cry like a newborn every time I see this movie! Greetings from Peru!
I could see the effect on him a little bit :)
But, yeah... everyone's wired differently- I've actually been an intentional tearjerker-seeker ever since I felt the feel-good brain endorphins that can get released along with tears during my first watch of "Inside Out"... BUT for me, seeking out such an effect again is easier said that done... it's been frustrating, but despite the fact I personally ENJOY crying to movies, I go between 7 months to years between finding a REALLY good one.
His reaction here reminds me of what I normally do in response to most emotional movies- it's like, "Oh, I think there's something there... oops, it evaporated." :P
Not only is each person different, but I've discovered it also depends on the exact movie and sometimes even the exact combination of movie + life circumstances of viewer etc.
For example:
I typically don't react very much to many emotional movies, AND I had seen "The Land Before Time" as a child without reacting very much (from what I remember).. BUT:
After re-watching THAT one 20 years LATER... that actually triggered the MOST intense cry of my entire LIFE.
Another one that "got me" just as much was "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (but AFTER the movie was over).
Interstellar also got me pretty good.
Many others got me briefly teary-eyed but those three above were the most significant ones I can remember.
OH- also "Into The Wild" REALLY got me... but that was before my tearjerker-seeking days.
Update: If you haven't seen it yet, he more recently did a Schindler's List reaction-- and I know this shouldn't be a surprise with that movie, but that one broke him significantly more than this one did.
...I think Schindler's List was the FIRST movie on his channel that didn't give his tears time to evaporate.
I was a blubbering mess watching this in the theater. It's so emotional
23:42 I don't recall crying during this part of the film when we saw it on theaters. ~wipes tear~ I...think l was in the restroom at this part 😅
I really like watching your reactions it just makes my Day happy and your giggles are adorable I just subscribed to you 2 months ago iam such a big fan of your reactions! ❤
Loved this reaction! You come across as an intelligent and invested reactor which is a breath of fresh air in this youtube genre.
Here are some lesser known animated but cult classic movies to consider watching:
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron
The Road to El Dorado
The Emperor's New Groove
Home on the Range
Treasure Planet
The Rescuers + The Rescuers Down Under
Balto
Bolt
The Prince of Egypt
Joseph: King of Dreams
Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland
Surf's Up
Thanks for the suggestions and also the compliment ☺️
I watched this for the first time a week after my mom died. Very cathartic.
💀🌱 1) Hector never knew he was murdered, so he couldn't tell Imelda. 2) Plus they only had one day to come together but Hector could never crossed the Bridge of Remembrance. 3) You'd only know that Hector had died only if you'd die yourself. Even if Imelda knows about it in Land of the Dead, she still couldn't communicate it to the living.
Perhaps my favorite reaction from you, as a Mexican, thank you so much for posting this ♥
Amazing reaction! :)
If you'd like to see if another animated movie can throw you potentially even further all over the place emotionally, I would be very curious to see your reaction to "Inside Out" (if you haven't seen it), OR...even better... the ORIGINAL 1988 "The Land Before Time": Even if you've seen "The Land Before Time" already, that one might still be worth a re-watch and reaction, depending on how long it's been. That's because...to use myself as an example:
I typically don't react very much to most emotional movies, AND I had seen "The Land Before Time" as a child.. BUT:
After re-watching it 20 years LATER... that was actually the MOST emotionally-triggering movie of my entire LIFE.
I watched this a couple months ago, but if I were to watch it in present day I’d sob even more. I lost my grandad recently and I think the death of Miguel’s great grandmother would break me, because I now know how it feels.
I've seen this movie so many times and I'm just now catching when de la Cruz said "who? " after imelda said he murdered the love of her life. If he had only murdered Hector he'd have known immediately who she was talking about. The fact that he said "who?" tells me he murdered multiple people. That's crazy.
My dog is a hairless Mexican loke Dante, he's 8 and went blind in the winter of 2022, just after my other dog (a 10 year old chihuahua) passed from cancer.
I watched this film a few times and I loved it every time. I saw it both in English and in all Spanish. I think the Spanish version hit harder for me in emotions and delivery.
Now you gotta watch Encanto. I wanna see what you think of that one. I saw that in English and Spanish too😆
You deserve so much more subs! Your reactions are amazing! 🤌
I’m glad u enjoyed Coco Oscar! This is a wonderful movie and it always makes me a cry a bit whenever I watch it. I always cry at 23:26 and 29:48 gets me every time (🥺🤧). Exactly at 25:05 (😫) thank u!💀🎸🎶🎵🎼🇲🇽
His. Voice turned baby 😂 16:52
Your intro sounds like the corn hub sound "no I have not been on it"
Bro Enester dele Cruz got in 4k
😂😂😂
Seeing as though my Dad passed when I was a little girl and he played bass guitar,I BROKE the first..second .fifteenth time I saw this movie!
Dude! The Green Mile and Coco in the same week? Powerful tearjerkers, so let yourself off with some comedies soon!
Hence friends here and there 😆
When I first watch this movie, I was watching it while eating spicy noodles so when I got to the last part of the movie, I cried even harder. Both for the movie and the spicy noodles😅
Coco watching Coco
Your giggles are adorable. 😊
Hector and Imelda look younger because they died younger (much younger in Hector’s case)
Awww don’t cry I seen your reaction 😭
just FYI, even if you dont speak spanish, Mi Corazon (the song at the end) hits so much better is spanish.
I think Imelda blamed Héctor for leaving with Ernesto to begin with, not for dying. Because Héctor did still leave her. And then the checks from his performances stopped coming, and one day she saw Ernesto with ths guitar she gave Héctor. It's not unreasonable to assume Héctor sold out and ran away with another woman. Then she died and saw he was still in his early twenties, and she thought he died doing something stupid, which wouldn't have happened if he hadn't left.